Olanka Travels
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We are a dedicated travel destination management company in Sri Lanka. From humble beginnings in Sri Lanka, our operation has spread across the world, with offices in Australia and China, as well as sister companies in Japan and Armenia. Our head office is currently based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where we cater to travelers coming to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Vietnam, from all over the world.
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Amby
1 contribution
Jan 2020
We planned a 5 night 6-day trip to visit Sri Lanka and tried to cover as many places as possible. This was possible because of the help we got from Chamil, our tour consultant from Olanka travels! Chamil was very quick to respond to all our quires and helped organize a wonderful custom package catered to our interests! Our itinerary included visiting Negombo, Dambulla, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, and Colombo! as you can imagine, we were very ambitious about covering as many beautiful locations as possible in the limited time frame. The hotels provided by Olanka were very nice! In Negombo, we stayed at hotel Amagi aria, which had a beautiful view from our balcony. the breakfast had a wide variety of local Sri Lankan cuisines as well as international options. Our itinerary included a few temples that had significance to the Hindu mythology of ramayana. Sugath was our personal driver and doubled as our travel guide. Sugath was friendly, drove safely and took care of our arrangements well. Our favourite place was Kandy and the stay at Ozo Kandy hotel was very pleasing. The hotel staff gave us a room upgrade which was soothing to hear after a long tiring day! The hotel staff was very friendly. My father was fasting on one of the days, and unfortunately, couldn't have anything from the dinner buffet. On his request, the staff immediately provided alternatives which was very appealing! We only faced a little disappointment at the airport regarding visa. We were suggested to take a visa online to avoid the lines at the airport and we ended up paying $160 for 4 members. This expense could have been avoided had we taken visa on arrival which was free of cost! Overall the experience was great, and Olanka travels was a good choice. One feedback I would like to suggest would be the hotel booked at Sigiriya (Sigiriana Resort by Thilanka) was a little out of the city, and we wasted an evening that we could have spent looking around. The hotel was beautiful but the dinner could have been better! Last day at Colombo, we finally got to meet Chamil who had organized a very nice itinerary for us, which we were able to complete!
Overall I would give n 8.5 on 10 rating for our experience with Olnaka Travels!
Overall I would give n 8.5 on 10 rating for our experience with Olnaka Travels!
Written January 27, 2020
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Dear Amby_T,
Thank you very much for leaving such a nice review on our page today! With the enormous support and massive dedication given by our cordial staff, we are very pleased to hear your happiness in this way. Thank you for your feedback,your feedback helps us get better.
Thank you so much for choosing us to be your tour organizer and for taking the time to leave such a wonderful review on our page! and Hope to see you again in this beautiful island!
Written January 28, 2020
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Pritam_Biswas
Kolkata (Calcutta), India7 contributions
Jan 2020
Well, i was a bit confused to plan my honeymoon destination because lot of ideas were popping in my head. Finally we decided to visit Srilanka and i googled for some advice. First recommendation was Olanka Travels!! The name itself was a bit catchy :D.
When I sent my request in Olanka travels website, I received a response immediately even it was midnight in Sri Lanka. Consultant Nishani was very nice, she was always there to answer my questions and adjusted the itinerary according to my different urgent changes.
It was a 4N-5D trip and she managed it beautifully by booking all the mountain view/sea view rooms for us. Hotels were superb (5*).
They've given us a comfortable private sedan (Toyota Prius) as promised. Driver Gayan was very professional and joyful. He helped us in several occasions to bargain and just because of that we got discounts in many of our activities (eg Maduganga Boat trip)
The best part of the tour was overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya!! Such a beautiful place it is. Hope to visit this place again and that time i won't miss Ella :D
When I sent my request in Olanka travels website, I received a response immediately even it was midnight in Sri Lanka. Consultant Nishani was very nice, she was always there to answer my questions and adjusted the itinerary according to my different urgent changes.
It was a 4N-5D trip and she managed it beautifully by booking all the mountain view/sea view rooms for us. Hotels were superb (5*).
They've given us a comfortable private sedan (Toyota Prius) as promised. Driver Gayan was very professional and joyful. He helped us in several occasions to bargain and just because of that we got discounts in many of our activities (eg Maduganga Boat trip)
The best part of the tour was overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya!! Such a beautiful place it is. Hope to visit this place again and that time i won't miss Ella :D
Written March 2, 2020
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Dear Pritam Biswas,
It is indeed a pleasure to hear such great things about your tour with us! We take our clients comfort very seriously, and the hotels we pick out are carefully reviewed to make sure maximum comfort! Our drivers are very dedicated towards ensuring that our clients get the ultimate Sri Lankan experience, which we are delighted to hear you enjoyed! Please do visit our beautiful country again, there's even more to see and enjoy! Thank you for travelling with us!
Written March 4, 2020
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Elena P
3 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
Thanks to Olanka Travels for organizing a really unforgettable 5-day tour in Sri Lanka in February 2020. And special thanks to manager Kasunika and driver Kanchana, who were very helpful and professional on all stages of the journey. They managed to create and fulfill a flexible itinerary, which worked in changing weather and traffic situation. So, every bit of the journey was a delight. The tour included visits to Dambulla, Sigiriya, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Ella, and also a lot of hiking and even a ride on a trainAlthough I stayed in budget hotels, all of them were great! So thanks again)
Written February 13, 2020
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Dear Ms. Elena,
Thank you for taking the time to share your prestige opinion on your travel with Olanka Travels. We take pride in giving outstanding service for every clients and we're overjoyed to receive your compliments and appreciation. Thank you very much for travelling with us!! We look forward to serving you again.
Written February 14, 2020
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Ekaterina
Lugano, Switzerland2 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
We found Olanka travel when we were surfing online looking for information about Sri Lanka and trying to find out the best way to organize a trip. We left our request on Olanka site and in a few time got the answer. The agency made us a couple of offers following our requirements. We have chosen the one that was more suitable. We made an advance payment and got all confirmation and detailed information about our trip. The managers were very kind and efficient. They were always in contact with us. It is not any worry with Olanka travel (it is understandable that you can have some concern about the payment in advance directly to the company that stays so far from you..) since it is a serious tour operator.
We really spent a nice time, we enjoyed so much our holiday, we are happy to have had this opportunity to visit this beautiful and gorgeous island with open and very friendly people. Olanka travel booked for us good hotels (The excursions you want to do you must pay directly on site) and organized an interesting itinerary that we made along with our driver Kumara, nice and careful guy. we came back to Switzerland full of emotions and desires to come again to This island, there are other parts left to be discovered.
We highly recommend to discover Sri Lanka that deserves to be visited and we suggest to use the services of Olanka travel that quickly and well can satisfy your needs. They are professional and pay attention to the clients. You can trust them. We will organize our next trip to this island using the service of Olanka.
Ekaterina & Giuseppe (January 2020)
We really spent a nice time, we enjoyed so much our holiday, we are happy to have had this opportunity to visit this beautiful and gorgeous island with open and very friendly people. Olanka travel booked for us good hotels (The excursions you want to do you must pay directly on site) and organized an interesting itinerary that we made along with our driver Kumara, nice and careful guy. we came back to Switzerland full of emotions and desires to come again to This island, there are other parts left to be discovered.
We highly recommend to discover Sri Lanka that deserves to be visited and we suggest to use the services of Olanka travel that quickly and well can satisfy your needs. They are professional and pay attention to the clients. You can trust them. We will organize our next trip to this island using the service of Olanka.
Ekaterina & Giuseppe (January 2020)
Written May 25, 2020
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Shakaib Iftikhar
Karachi, Pakistan15 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
First of all Sri lanka is the best place to visit for honeymoon, they have beaches, trendy bars and restaurants, wildlife, old cities and temples, hiking and trekking and so much in one small island. When booking your tour, Olanka should be one your top of the list. From response timing to being committed on their timelines everything is just perfect about them. Sandunika is the best travel agent they have for sure, she will even reply you in midnight without any hesitation, her professionalism and commitment speaks volume. I asked her to tailor our trip based on my love for spectacular views, wildlife, romantic beaches & dinners, and this what i exactly got. From negombo to kandy, nuwara eliya, from ella to romantic candle beach dinners in galle and bentota everything was perfect. I experienced wildlife and beautiful train rides very comfortably with her designed itinerary. Not once you will feel like you are cheated or charged more. When the three hotels mentioned in the initial plans were not available she gave me 5 stars resort upgrade with buffet candle light dinners. What else one could ask more for. Our tour guide cum driver Sudhan was another blessing in our trip. He has extensive knowledge and when we were tired he helped us in redesigning our plans without missing any small detail. For me these two are the best employees of Olanka travels. In the end thanks alot Olanka for arranging this beautiful journey for us.
Written February 10, 2020
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Dear Shakaib,
Thank you so much for this beautiful review! We at Olanka Travels work really hard to ensure that our clients have the most amazing experience in Sri Lanka. We'll make sure to pass your great feedback to our staff. Thanking you again for taking your time for this five-star review at our page!! Thank you so much for travelling with us and we hope to see you again with another service to offer you!!
Written February 11, 2020
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SRP
8 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
Olanka travels has wonderful packages to suit the travel requirements of every tourist and they can be flexible to suit every budget. I was travelling with my parents (both senior citizens) and the experience was fantastic, comfortable, and enjoyable for them. Hansani was my tour consultant and she did everything in her capacity to make our holiday a truly memorable experience. She is definately an asset to Olanka Travels because she was professional and friendly at the same time. She was prompt with all correspondences and was an introduction and a representation of the hard working, kind and hospitable Sri Lankan people. Our driver and guide was also very clean and friendly, he maintained the cleanliness in the van to a high standard and had good local knowledge of the areas we visited but there were times when we did not appreciate his attitude. He was a safe driver though. My only negative feedback is that Olanka travels should also personally arrange for the jeeps for safari in wildlife national parks and for the boats for blue whale watching in the Indian Ocean and not leave it to the driver to make those arrangements, because if you don't get on well with the driver, you can get a really bad deal for these big events. We had the worst and most uncomfortable, rusted, broken down jeep to see Yala National Park. There were many tourists in jeeps around and it looked like we were the only unlucky ones with a bad deal. We were worried that if the jeep (with cracked windshields) were to break down in the middle of the forest, we'd be in big trouble. The boat for whale watching too was in a really dirty condition and the life jackets given smelt of vomit i think. A few of the hotels were a disappointment but most of them were above our expectations and were excellent. In all, I'll give the entire experience an 8 out of 10.
Written January 27, 2020
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Dear Sheetal,
Thank you very much for your 4-star review and choosing Olanka Travels to organize your memorable holiday. Our company values put customer satisfaction as top priority and we are committed to our customers. We are glad that you and your family loved our services. Thanks for taking the time to share your concerns, and for bringing this to our attention. We sincerely apologize for your negative experience. Our quality department is looking in to this matter seriously and will make sure no compromises shall be made on our excellence. We’ll strive to do better. We look forward to serving you again.
Written January 28, 2020
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Dan H
1 contribution
Feb 2020
When I sent my request on the Olanka travel website, I received a response immediately even it was midnight in Sri Lanka. Consultant Kasunka is very nice, she spent several night until midnight to answer my questions also adjust the itinerary according to my different urgent changes. I wouldn't see this kind of service in Europe haha.
Olanka travel arranged my personal trip as 4 stars hotel package for 5 nights, the routine includes both mountain and sea area. It was a wonderful trip, as the hotel is quite comfortable. My driver Janith was also very nice, he drived smoothly, the car was also very comfortable. The only pity was maybe the waves in ocean was too high to swim haha.
Olanka travel arranged my personal trip as 4 stars hotel package for 5 nights, the routine includes both mountain and sea area. It was a wonderful trip, as the hotel is quite comfortable. My driver Janith was also very nice, he drived smoothly, the car was also very comfortable. The only pity was maybe the waves in ocean was too high to swim haha.
Written February 23, 2020
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Dear Ms Dan H,
Thank you for taking the time to share your prestige opinion on your travel with Olanka Travels. We take pride in giving outstanding service for every client and we're overjoyed to receive your compliments and appreciation. Thank you very much for travelling with us!! We look forward to serving you again.
Written February 26, 2020
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venkatesh k
1 contribution
Dec 2019 • Family
We, family of three, travelled to Srilanka from India in December2019 during winter vacation. We had a great time in Srilanka and returned with excellent memories to cherish for life.Thanks to Olanka Travels. This review is out of my personal experience and complete satisfaction.
Tour consultant Shakuni and our driver cum Guide Aruna were two key members of Olanka team to make it possible. Ms. Shakuni and Mr Aruna were both very friendly, professional, considerate, communicative and reciprocative.They became very close to us by the end of the tour. Even till date we exchange good wishes and pleasantries over WhatsApp.
Ms. Shakuni was very helpful, gave good suggestions and worked out a good itinerary as per our requirements. I appreciated the fact that she used to communicate beyond her office hours ( which helped me to plan the trip as well) and executed the tour very meticulously. She was always there for us during the entire trip.Hotels and tour plan suggested were excellent.
The ride with Mr Aruna was another memorable event for us. We found him to be a thorough gentleman, cooperative, friendly and very accommodative. He maintained the vehicle very clean, was very punctual, knew the route very well and possessed necessary informations to complete our visits to tourists locations leisurely and satisfactorily.
I thank Management of Olanka for assigning Shakuni and Aruna for us and providing a memorable journey through the paradise island.Thanks for everything and we hope to return soon.
Venkatesh
Tour consultant Shakuni and our driver cum Guide Aruna were two key members of Olanka team to make it possible. Ms. Shakuni and Mr Aruna were both very friendly, professional, considerate, communicative and reciprocative.They became very close to us by the end of the tour. Even till date we exchange good wishes and pleasantries over WhatsApp.
Ms. Shakuni was very helpful, gave good suggestions and worked out a good itinerary as per our requirements. I appreciated the fact that she used to communicate beyond her office hours ( which helped me to plan the trip as well) and executed the tour very meticulously. She was always there for us during the entire trip.Hotels and tour plan suggested were excellent.
The ride with Mr Aruna was another memorable event for us. We found him to be a thorough gentleman, cooperative, friendly and very accommodative. He maintained the vehicle very clean, was very punctual, knew the route very well and possessed necessary informations to complete our visits to tourists locations leisurely and satisfactorily.
I thank Management of Olanka for assigning Shakuni and Aruna for us and providing a memorable journey through the paradise island.Thanks for everything and we hope to return soon.
Venkatesh
Written January 15, 2020
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Dear Venkatesh,
We are so delighted to see this wonderful review which you had shared on our page today! Thank you very much for that mesmerizing review and choosing Olanka Travels to fulfill your exploring needs! Hearing the happy moments of our clients mean everything to us, and we sincerely thank you for taking time to give us such a feedback!!. We are glad that you and family loved our services. We at Olanka Travels, work very enthusiastically to bring out you the utmost experience in this exotic island.Thank you very much for choosing Olanka and hope to see you again in this wonderful island!!
Written January 16, 2020
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Swarup K. Chakraborty
Bhilai, India6 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
After examination of my son we planned to visit SriLanka, our sweet neighbour sister country in the Indian ocean.Before starting the venture, we googled and found out Olanka. From our past experience as an avid travellers, I started communication with them. We got Hashini, a young super dynamic damsel as our tour consultant. Anything I say will be less to describe her. She helped and responded in a very very professional way and negotiated the price very amicably.
Olanka Travels made our sojourn there very memorable. The car provided was new and comfortable, driver was very very nice person. Repeated communication was there about our inconvenience, if any. But we did not face any problem there at all. The hotel provided as per our expectations and was very good.
We had a memorable holiday there.
Thanks Olanka Travels and specially HASHINI.
Olanka Travels made our sojourn there very memorable. The car provided was new and comfortable, driver was very very nice person. Repeated communication was there about our inconvenience, if any. But we did not face any problem there at all. The hotel provided as per our expectations and was very good.
We had a memorable holiday there.
Thanks Olanka Travels and specially HASHINI.
Written January 16, 2020
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Dear Mr. Swarup,
Thank you for the excellent review sir and choosing Olanka Travels to organized your memorable holiday with us. We at Olanka Travels work really hard to ensure that our clients have the most amazing experience in Sri Lanka. We are so glad in delivering our excellent service to you! We really do hope to see you again and make sure that you have another amazing tour in Sri Lanka...!
Written January 17, 2020
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Dr yatish Kumar bansal
2 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
We had a family New Year trip to srilanka through olanka travels. Our tour consultant was Ms Shakuni , thorough professional and guided for the perfect itinerary.she ensured holiday is carried out as promised with sevice of highest quality standards until departure home back.Total customer satisfaction for a memorable stay was her moto when we booked the tour and thanks for all the help and support to fulfill as committed. Infact we recommend olanka and especially Ms Shakuni to be contacted as a tour coordinator to our colleagues.
5 star rating to our tour consultant for a wonderful trip we had.
Dr ykbansal
5 star rating to our tour consultant for a wonderful trip we had.
Dr ykbansal
Written February 4, 2020
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Dear Dr. Y.K.Bansal,
Thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are glad that you and family loved our services, our dedicated staff will be pleased to learn of your high praise. We at Olanka Travels work really hard to ensure that our clients have the most amazing experience in Sri Lanka. Thank you again for choosing us and hope to see you again!
Written February 5, 2020
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What the cost for the Ramayan Package for 5 people family during April 2020 from India. What would be the cost except food & flights. Include stay, intercity travel & site seeing?
Written November 15, 2019
The cost for the tour will be within @60000/-
Written November 15, 2019
Two weeks back,our group of four friends were on family tour in Sri Lanka through olanka tour, I came in contact with sarala mam, for inquiry, her approach was so cooperative, and answered all our queries so satisfactory, we felt that we can trust this company,where we are all afraid.
She was constantly in touch for preparing the itinerary, payments etc. During our tour, also she was in touch.
Due to her surveillance of our tour, we felt very much secure. Thanks to her and also to Nipuna, driver Jayampath, our family tour was smooth and enjoyable.
Written September 7, 2019
Dear Sir/Ma'am!
Thank you very much for your lovely review shared on our page! In fact, Olanka Travels is always working zealously in order to fulfill your dreams in exploring this wonderful world. With the help of a passionate and warm hearted staff, Olanka was able to gift such an amazing experience for you. Thank you very much for sharing your experience with us and hope to see you again!
Written September 27, 2019
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